Acting
Feb 3, 1979
Papeete, Polynésie française, France
Mareva Galanter
Acting
Biography
Mareva Galanter (born 4 February 1979) is a French singer, actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Galanter won the 1998 "Miss World Islands" and then the 1998 "Miss Tahiti" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 1999 crown, which she won. She also competed in Miss Universe 1999, in which she did not place. Galanter was born in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. She started early in modeling. She was not 16 that she was already doing photoshoots in French Polynesia (with Dominique Petras in Bora Bora, for instance). She kept modeling in Europe, where she headed for the "Miss France" Contest. She also modeled for her partner Jean Charles de Castelbajac, designer of his own brand, living in Paris. Galanter expanded her work into music and singing, releasing Ukuyéyé, under Warner Music, in 2006. She has released videos for seven of her songs. She hosted Do you Do you scopitone a French TV programme on the Paris Première channel, dedicated to scopitones from the 1960s and 70s. The scopitone is the precursor to the contemporary music video. To date, she has performed in several films, including 3 Zéros, Les Gaous, The Pink Panther and Tu Devrais Faire du Cinéma. Galanter recorded her second album, Happy Fiu, with English band Little Barrie in 2008. She worked with singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, with Martin Duffy of Primal Scream and with the band Little Barrie. Jean-Charles de Castelbajac supported her with many of her texts. She toured for several months around France and within Europe. In 2010 Galanter joined the roster of singers touring and recording with Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux's Nouvelle Vague project. According to Galanter's Twitter feed, she has recorded some material for the next Nouvelle Vague album. In 2011 she traveled to Detroit to work with producer Jim Diamond at his studio, Ghetto Recorders, and recorded 7 new songs, including Western Love, which has an accompanying video available on Vimeo.com. On 5 May 2023, Galanter released the bilingual single "Une Tahitienne á Paris", which features English singer Robbie Williams. Galanter's father is Jewish, with roots in Romania and Russia. She and her partner, French television presenter Arthur have a daughter named Manava, who was born on 5 August 2015. Source: Article "Mareva Galanter" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Feature Films (5)
A young Hungarian dreams of playing for the French football team and will get the help of a couple of friends.
Shooting Stars
When the coach of the France football team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium at the end of a game, and his huge, expensive ring with the Pink Panther diamond disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus assigns the worst police inspector – Jacques Clouseau – to the case.
The Pink Panther
A young boy from the south of France falls madly in love with a posh Parisian girl and follows her for crazy adventures to the big city.
Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up
Television & Series (8)
In each episode, 3 celebrities who have never met go on a 24-hour break in the countryside. A moment out of time to meet and talk about love, friendship, life with its obstacles and surprises.
The Unexpected Getaway
Singers, actors, TV hosts, athletes and comedians: in each episode, several of them will have to seat in the already iconic SECRET SONG chair, in the dark, having absolutely no clue about what’s going to happen. But then, the music starts playing, the lights go up, and the magic happens ! What will their reaction be when they hear the first notes of a song that means a lot to them ? How will they feel when another artist that they know and love is there for an unexpected tribute ? How will they react upon seeing loved ones performing on stage for the very first time ?
